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Cedar Park police detectives never questioned a man who has emerged as a suspect in the sexual assault of a 4-year-old and instead focused their investigation solely on Greg Kelley, whose subsequent conviction is now being called into question.

But Johnathan McCarty’s name came up numerous times during the investigation which, according to Kelley’s defense team, should have been a red flag to detectives to look into him further.

McCarty was also living in the home where his mother operated an in-home day care center at the time of the alleged sexual assault, and Kelley’s supporters contend he and McCarty looked strikingly similar at the time.

“It’s a huge oversight,” attorney Keith Hampton told the American-Statesman Friday. “It’s not just interviewing him. They didn’t check him out at all. The discovery I got shows now investigation of Johnathan McCarty.”